Kate Bush discography

This is the complete discography (albums, EPs, singles and videos) of English singer-songwriter Kate Bush.

Kate Bush discography
Studio albums	10
Compilation albums	1
Video albums	6
Music videos	39
EPs	4
Singles	33
Box sets	3
Promotional singles	12
Other contributions	13

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions											Certifications
		UK [1]	AUS [2]	CAN [3]	FRA [4][5]	GER [6]	JPN [7][8]	NL [9]	NZ [10]	NOR [11]	SWE [12]	US [13]
The Kick Inside	Released: 17 February 1978 Label: EMI	3	3	95	3	21	37	1	2	4	8	—	AUS: Platinum[14] UK: Platinum[15] CAN: Platinum[16] NVPI: Platinum[17] NZ: Platinum[14]
Lionheart	Released: 13 November 1978 Label: EMI	6	12	—	—	25	30	5	5	5	16	—	UK: Platinum[15] CAN: Platinum[16] NVPI: Gold[17]
Never for Ever	Released: 8 September 1980 Label: EMI	1	7	44	1	5	40	4	31	2	16	—	UK: Gold[15] CAN: Platinum[16] FRA: Gold[18] GER: Gold[19] NVPI: Gold[17]
The Dreaming	Released: 13 September 1982 Label: EMI	3	22	29	8	23	36	5	—	12	45	157	UK: Silver[15]
Hounds of Love	Released: 16 September 1985 Label: EMI	1	6	7	9	2	35	1	17	12	9	30	UK: 2× Platinum[15] CAN: Platinum[16] FRA: Gold[18] GER: Platinum[19] NVPI: Gold[17]
The Sensual World	Released: 17 October 1989 Label: EMI / Columbia (US)	2	30	17	38	10	18	16	27	7	17	43	UK: Platinum[15] CAN: Gold[16] FRA: Gold[18] US: Gold[20]
The Red Shoes	Released: 2 November 1993 Label: EMI / Columbia (US)	2	17	13	14	18	24	23	30	—	16	28	UK: Platinum[15] CAN: Gold[16]
Aerial	Released: 7 November 2005 Label: EMI / Columbia (US)	3	25	—	12	3	53	7	22	4	7	48	UK: Platinum[15] CAN: Platinum[16] FRA: Gold[18] GER: Gold[19]
Director's Cut	Released: 16 May 2011 Label: Fish People / EMI	2	41	66	31	11	132	6	38	2	12	—[upper-alpha 1]	UK: Gold[15]
50 Words for Snow	Released: 21 November 2011 Label: Fish People / EMI	5	22	39	21	7	49	10	39	13	13	83	UK: Gold[15]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

List of live albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions								Certifications
		UK [1]	AUS [2]	CAN [3]	FRA [4]	GER [6]	NL [9]	SWE [12]	US [13]
Before the Dawn	Released: 25 November 2016 Label: Fish People / Concord	4	35	89	52	14	11	45	121	UK: Gold[15]

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions											Certifications
		UK [1]	AUS [2]	CAN [3]	FRA [4]	GER [6]	JPN [7]	NL [9]	NZ [10]	NOR [11]	SWE [12]	US [13]
The Whole Story	Released: 10 November 1986 Label: EMI	1	28	27	9	11	38	22	4	10	48	76	UK: 4× Platinum[15] CAN: Gold[16] GER: Gold[19]
The Other Sides	Released: 8 March 2019 Label: Fish People, Rhino Records	18	—	—	—	56	—	—	—	—	—	—

Box sets

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		UK [1]	AUS [2]
The Single File 1978~1983	Released: January 1984 Label: EMI	—	—
This Woman's Work: Anthology 1978–1990	Released: 22 October 1990 Label: EMI	—	143
Live at Hammersmith Odeon	Released: 1994 Label: EMI	—	—
Remastered Part I	Released: 16 November 2018 Label: Fish People / Parlophone	51	—
Remastered Part II	Released: 30 November 2018 Label: Fish People / Parlophone	81	—

Extended plays (EPs)

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		UK [1]	IRE [22]	NLD [9]	US [13]
4 Sucessos (two-part release)	Released: 1978 Label: EMI (Brazil)	—	—	—	—
On Stage	Released: 31 August 1979 Label: EMI	10	15	17	—
Kate Bush	Released: 15 June 1983 Label: EMI	—	—	—	148
Aspects of the Sensual World	Released: 1990 Label: Columbia (US) / Capitol (Canada)	—	—	—	—
Eat the Music	Released: 1993 Label: Columbia (US)	—	—	—	—
Hounds of Love[23] (Record Store Day limited release)	Released: 16 April 2011 Label: Audio Fidelity	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

See also: List of songs recorded by Kate Bush

List of singles, with selected chart positions

Title	Year	Peak chart positions											Album
		UK [1][24]	AUS [2]	BEL (Fla) [25]	CAN [26]	FRA [5][27]	GER [6]	IRE [22]	NLD [9]	NZL [10]	SWI [28]	US [29]
"Wuthering Heights"	1978	1	1	6	—	14	11	1	3	1	8	—	The Kick Inside
"The Man with the Child in His Eyes"		6	22	—	—	—	—	3	23	36	—	85
"Hammer Horror"		44	17	—	—	—	—	10	25	21	—	—	Lionheart
"Wow"	1979	14	—	—	—	—	—	17	—	—	—	—
"Breathing"	1980	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	44	—	—	—	Never for Ever
"Babooshka"		5	2	—	—	4	14	5	24	8	—	—
"Army Dreamers"		16	—	—	—	—	—	14	25	—	—	—
"December Will Be Magic Again"		29	—	—	—	—	55	13	—	—	—	—	non-album single
"Sat in Your Lap"	1981	11	93	—	—	72	—	18	32	—	—	—	The Dreaming
"The Dreaming"	1982	48	91	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"There Goes a Tenner"		93	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Suspended in Gaffa"		—	—	—	—	33	—	—	50	—	—	—
"Ne t'enfuis pas"	1983	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	non-album single
"Night of the Swallow"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	The Dreaming
"Running Up That Hill"	1985	3	6	6	16	7	3	4	6	26	10	30	Hounds of Love
"Cloudbusting"		20	—	16	—	30	20	13	13	—	—	—
"Hounds of Love"	1986	18	—	—	84	—	68	12	—	—	—	—
"The Big Sky"		37	—	—	—	—	—	15	—	—	—	—
"Don't Give Up" (with Peter Gabriel)		9	5	9	40	36	27	4	5	16	—	72	So
"Experiment IV"		23	—	—	—	—	50	12	—	—	—	—	The Whole Story
"The Sensual World"	1989	12	44	31	58	81	29	6	20	—	—	—	The Sensual World
"This Woman's Work"		25	89	—	—	—	—	20	—	—	—	—
"Love and Anger"	1990	38	145	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Rocket Man"	1991	12	2	—	—	45	36	17	27	—	20	—	Two Rooms
"Rubberband Girl"	1993	12	39	47	50	—	65	17	37	34	—	88	The Red Shoes
"Moments of Pleasure"		26	119	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"The Red Shoes"	1994	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Eat the Music"		—	133	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"The Man I Love" (with Larry Adler)		27	199	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	The Glory of Gershwin
"And So Is Love"		26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	The Red Shoes
"King of the Mountain"	2005	4	—	—	5	—	42	13	13	—	47	—	Aerial
"Lyra"	2007	187	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	The Golden Compass soundtrack
"Deeper Understanding"	2011	87	—	—	—	92	—	—	—	—	—	—	Director's Cut
"Wild Man"		73	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50 Words for Snow
"Running Up That Hill" (2012 Remix)	2012	6	—	—	—	—	—	22	—	—	—	—	A Symphony of British Music
"And Dream of Sheep" (live)	2016	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Before the Dawn
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

List of singles

Title	Year	Album
"Moving"	1978	The Kick Inside
"Them Heavy People"
"Room for the Life"
"Strange Phenomena"	1979
"Symphony in Blue"		Lionheart
"Un baiser d'enfant"	1983	Kate Bush
"Be Kind to My Mistakes"	1987	Castaway soundtrack
"π"	2005	Aerial
"Lake Tahoe"	2012	50 Words for Snow
"King of the Mountain" (live)	2016	Before the Dawn
"Cloudbusting" (Orgonon Mix)[30] (promo re-release)	2019	The Other Sides
"Ne t'enfuis pas" / "Un baiser d'enfant"[31] (promo re-release)

Videography

Video albums

Year	Title	Format	Label
1981	Live at Hammersmith Odeon	VHS, Laserdisc	EMI / Picture Music International
1983	The Single File	VHS	Picture Music International
1986	The Hair of the Hound	VHS, Laserdisc	Picture Music International
1987	The Whole Story	VHS, Laserdisc, Video CD	Picture Music International
1990	The Sensual World – The Videos	VHS, Laserdisc	Columbia Music Video
1994	The Line, the Cross and the Curve	VHS, Laserdisc	Picture Music International / EMI

Music videos

Year	Title	Director
1978	"Wuthering Heights" (Version 1)	Keith "Keef" MacMillan
	"Wuthering Heights" (Version 2)	Rockflix
	"The Man with the Child in His Eyes"	Keith "Keef" MacMillan
	"Hammer Horror"
1979	"Wow" (Version 1)
	"Wow" (Version 2)
	"Them Heavy People"
1980	"Breathing"
	"Babooshka"
	"Delius"
	"Army Dreamers"
1981	"Sat in Your Lap"	Brian Wiseman
1982	"The Dreaming"	Paul Henry
	"There Goes a Tenner"
	"Suspended in Gaffa"	Brian Wiseman
1985	"Running Up That Hill"	David Garfath
	"Cloudbusting"	Julian Doyle
1986	"Hounds of Love"	Kate Bush
	"The Big Sky"
	"Don't Give Up" (Version 1)	Godley & Creme
	"Don't Give Up" (Version 2)	Jim Blashfield
	"Experiment IV"	Kate Bush
	"Wow" (Version 3)	n/a
1989	"The Sensual World"	Peter Richardson & Kate Bush
	"This Woman's Work"	Kate Bush
1990	"Love and Anger"
1991	"Rocket Man"
1993	"Rubberband Girl"
	"Eat the Music"
	"Moments of Pleasure"
	"Rubberband Girl" (US version)	n/a
1994	"The Red Shoes"	Kate Bush
	"The Man I Love"	Kevin Godley
	"And So Is Love"	Kate Bush
2005	"King of the Mountain"	Jimmy Murakami
2011	"Deeper Understanding"	Kate Bush
	"Wild Man"
	"Misty"
2012	"Lake Tahoe"
2016	"And Dream of Sheep"

Other contributions

This is a list of original contributions that Bush has made to soundtracks, tribute albums and to other musicians' albums.

• Peter Gabriel (1980, Charisma) – "Games Without Frontiers" and "No Self Control" (backing vocals with Peter Gabriel)
• The Seer (1986, Mercury) – "The Seer" (Big Country featuring Kate Bush)
• So (1986, Charisma) – "Don't Give Up" (co-lead vocals with Peter Gabriel)
• Castaway (1986) – "Be Kind to My Mistakes"
• "The King Is Dead" (1987, Chrysalis) – Go West (featuring backing vocals by Kate Bush)
• The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball – The Music (1987, Virgin Records) (charity concert for Amnesty International: "Running Up That Hill" performed with David Gilmour; comedy song "Do Bears..." performed in duet with Rowan Atkinson)
• Answers to Nothing (1988, Chrysalis) – "Sister and Brother" (co-lead vocals with Midge Ure)
• She's Having a Baby (1988, I.R.S.) – "This Woman's Work"
• The Comic Strip Presents...: "GLC: The Carnage Continues..." (1990) – "Ken", "The Confrontation" and "One Last Look Around the House Before We Go..."
• Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin (1991, Polydor) – "Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long Long Time)"
• Brazil (1992, Milan) – "Sam Lowry's 1st Dream/"Brazil"" (vocals with Michael Kamen and The National Philharmonic Orchestra of London)
• Again (1993, Sony Music) – "Kimiad" (keyboards and backing vocals with Alan Stivell)
• The Glory of Gershwin (1994, Mercury) – "The Man I Love" (vocals, with Larry Adler on harmonica)
• Common Ground – Voices of Modern Irish Music (1996, EMI) – "Women of Ireland"
• Emancipation (1996, NPG/EMI) – "My Computer" (backing vocals with Prince)
• The Golden Compass (2007, New Line) – "Lyra"
• A Symphony of British Music (2012, Decca) – "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God Remix)"

Notes

1. Director's Cut reached number 186 on Billboard's United States Top Current Albums chart[21] and never entered the Billboard 200, which ranks catalog LPs along with recent albums.

References

1. "Official Charts > Kate Bush". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
2. For Australian chart positions:
   • Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 12 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 50. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA from mid-1983 until 12 June 1988.
   • Top 50 (ARIA) peaks from 13 June 1988 to date: "Discography Kate Bush". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
   • Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 46.
   • "Love and Anger" (ARIA) peak: "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 17 June 2014". Imgur.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
   • "Moments of Pleasure", "Eat the Music" and "The Man I Love" (ARIA) peaks: "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 15 July 2015". Imgur.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
   • This Woman's Work box set (ARIA) peak: "Response from ARIA re: Kate Bush ARIA albums chart history, received 23 April 2018". Imgur.com. Retrieved 23 April 2018. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column displays the album's peak on the national chart.
3. Peaks in Canada:
   • All except noted: "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". www.collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
   • Before the Dawn: "Kate Bush – Chart history (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
4. For French chart positions from 1978 to 2005: "InfoDisc : Tous les Albums classés par Artiste" (in French). www.infodisc.fr. Archived from the original on 23 June 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
5. For French chart positions from 2005 to date: "Discographie Kate Bush" (in French). lescharts.com. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
6. "Discographie Kate Bush". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 15 March 2019. N.B. Select Album tab to display German albums chart peaks.
7. For Japanese chart positions from 1978 to 2005: Okamoto, Satoshi (2006). Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
8. For Japanese chart positions from 2005 to date: "ケイト・ブッシュのCDアルバムランキング │オリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). www.oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
9. "Discografie Kate Bush" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
10. "Discography Kate Bush". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
11. "Discography Kate Bush". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
12. "Discography Kate Bush". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
13. "Billboard > Kate Bush Chart History > Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
14. "Kate Bush, The album - the Kick Inside, the single - Withering Heights". Billboard. 15 July 1978. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
15. "Certified Awards". www.bpi.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 February 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
16. "Gold/Platinum". Music Canada. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
17. "Dutch album certifications – Kate Bush" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved 7 September 2018. Enter Kate Bush in the "Artiest of titel" box.
18. "InfoDisc : Les Certifications (Albums) du SNEP (Bilan par Artiste)" (in French). www.infodisc.fr. Archived from the original on 21 June 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
19. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank" (in German). www.musikindustrie.de. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
20. "Gold & Platinum Searchable Database". www.riaa.com. Archived from the original on 26 June 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
21. "Top Current Albums". Billboard.biz. 18 June 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
22. "The Irish Charts – All there is to know > Search results for 'Kate Bush' (from irishcharts.ie)". Imgur.com (original source published by Fireball Media). Retrieved 28 July 2019.
23. https://www.banquetrecords.com/kate-bush-record-store-day/hounds-of-love/AFZEP001PMI
24. UK singles chart peaks for "There Goes a Tenner" and "Lyra": "UK Mix forums > Chart Histories page 78". ukmix.org. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
25. "Discografie Kate Bush" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
26. "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". www.collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 26 June 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
27. For French chart positions from 1978 to 1992: "InfoDisc : Tout les Titres par Artiste" (in French). www.infodisc.fr. Archived from the original on 20 September 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
28. "Kate Bush" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
29. US Billboard singles chart peaks:
    • Hot 100 peaks: "Billboard > Kate Bush Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
    • Bubbling Under peaks: "Screen shot of UK Mix forums Chart Histories thread > Kate Bush US singles". Imgur.com. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
30. https://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/kate-bush-to-release-limited-12-inch-picture-disc-of-cloudbusting/
31. https://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/kate-bush-ne-tenfuis-pas-vinyl-single/

External links

• Kate Bush on AllMusic
• Kate Bush on Discogs
• Kate Bush on Rate Your Music